traditional markets Bali were once a necessity in a society in which refrigeration and corner store not as widespread were, as they are today. This ancient trading centers now give up to attack the Indomaret, Alfa Mart and Circle K. whole Bali proliferating.
Bali farmers' markets are one of the most enduring centers of traditional rural life of the island. These are not the "farmers' markets" found in Ubud and Sanur patronized by western and tourists as places for buying organic products and environmentally friendly products, but crowded noisy local cattle markets (pasar Hewan), which are found in urban and rural areas.
Traditionally held on fixed market days, the Balinese three-day week, offering pasar Hewan the best selection and prices on domesticated animals, horticultural products, agricultural supplies and tools as well as daily use goods. They are suitable, found almost everything - from transistor radios and DVDs to posters of Indonesian dangdut queens, from shoe salesman to suppliers of snake oil medicines. Attracted by the crowds, vendors of packaged foods, fruits and vegetables and clothes spilling onto the sidewalks and surround the periphery of the market.
. For the townspeople and Balinese farmer, the main attraction of these traditional markets is kept in concrete with open sides Domestic Animals shed Before visiting, call the Kantor Dinas Peternakan (Animal Husbandry Bureau) of the locale you live to find out what day of the market is to take place. If the market is held in the country, sold the cows, bulls and heifers in bamboo pens or in the fresh air. To scenes from medieval Bali see, getting it as early as possible.
The Bali Cow
Bali cows, hung with sweet melodic wood or bronze bells, are gracious, beautiful creatures with long lashes, delicate features, dew eyes, neat velvet coats, slim necks, trim body, slender legs and short tail. You look more like deer fawns as cattle. Unlike the Hindus of India, the Hindu Balinese do not consider cattle as sacred. Bali cows are usually bred for their meat, bones carved into intricate horse, frog and roses trailers for sale to tourists.
The Bali cow lives a privileged life, lovingly bathed in village streams, billeted in cozy hay sprinkled cribs, grazed on village lawn, seen by banks with the lithe grace of an antelope jumping. Like most cows in the tropics, they give no milk and are often used for work. First, when the farmer flooded for planting preparing his rice fields, then use a wooden sled (tengala) pulled by one or two cows (buffaloes endurance needed missing) until the entire field is rotated in a muddy, watery ooze.
farmers use cows as a bank for occasions when the family is in need instant cash for religious rituals, medical emergencies or tuition fees and uniforms for the new school year. Although Bali has hundreds of thousands of cows to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the island, is the quality of beef cattle Balinese below international standards. So is most of the island hotels and restaurants in other countries such as Australia and New Zealand for their imported beef
Bebandem. A Country Market
in the hills of far eastern Karangasem District, Bebandem is one of the most remote and picturesque Bali farmers markets. To get there, travel on the road of Candidasa north towards Amlapura for 5 km, turn left into the village BUGBUG, then climb road twisting mountain for 13 km to Bebandem. The branch in BUGBUG comes quickly, obscured the character of trees, remain vigilant. On market day, bristling with portable stalls selling bakso, plastic goods, basketry and stacks of products rather than every three days, the small mountain town occupies. Since raising pigs and chickens is one of the main sources of income for women, it is not uncommon for a woman to see a food stand on your head, the. Their pigs to Bebandem market at the end of a piece of string on foot
Beringkit: Mother of All Farmers Markets
Just a 30-minute drive west of downtown Denpasar, near the junction of the Denpasar-Gilimanuk road and the road north to Mengwi of Taman Ayun Royal temple, Beringkit is the largest and most important farmers market of Bali. It takes place every Sunday and Wednesday is the busiest market on Sunday, when it is beset with Balinese from all walks of life. On the site of a fish nursery, a large bicycle shop and a grocery store are sold dry and wet goods (sembako). Behind the parking lot is a used clothing store and garden and flower nursery, potted plants and organic fertilizer.
The main building consists of three floors with series packed on row of stalls, essentially a giant flea market. On the lively 1st floor are garden and work tools, household sundries, cheap Chinese toys, DVDs of Balinese and Javanese music, books, shoes, Rindik and angklung musical instruments, with a food court in the rear. On the 2nd floor are traditional and modern clothing, leather goods, bags and shoulder bags. On the 3rd floor are sunglasses, lighters, traditional herbs, massage therapists, men's jewelry, semiprecious stones, amulets, used clothing, and on the back of a large open-air barber shop. Outside a row of food stalls serving Balinese specialties like Lawar kuwir, Nasi campur sate kempul and Javanese dishes such as sate kambing with gule, bakso sapi and bakso Ayam and coconut juice.
But the main attraction is the sprawling muddy 1.5 -hectare cattle market north of the parking lot (after entering the market, turn left), where farmers from all over Bali bring their mature cattle to sell and then buy calves for sale in their own farmers' markets in Bangli, Rubaya and Seririt. Hundreds of Balinese cattle mill around in pens or standing in groups outdoors with sheathed and rubber booted men trading and haggling bound. , After an agreement made, the cows and bulls all kinds waiting led by livestock and pets are on a line of trucks for Jakarta or sent Kalimantan
This cattle market is also the best place to buy out - not only dogs, rabbits, chicks, ducks and birds, but many varieties of chickens (chicks, broilers, ayam kampung) and the charmingly ugly Muscovy ducks. A number of shops selling birds, birdseed, bird cages, dog food and dog accessories. A large yard is covered with the characteristic bell-shaped bamboo cages of fighting cocks. On busy Sunday you will see men come inspection, ruffled feathers, combs, massaging gently, bouncing on the floor and the pairing their tails in improvised nonlethal sparring matches. Pet, mascot, child, dream, income, a Balinese man this proud bird takes so much attention as a new wife.
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